The Prevailing uncertainty in Pakistan Cricket
Recently Pakistan cricket has become the Paris Hilton in the world of cricket, where no controversy seems to be far away from the country’s cricket. Recently in almost every controversy, Pakistan players have been involved in one way or the other.
Right now the main problem which the cricket crazy nation is facing is the seemingly never ending feud between former one-day skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 and chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt. Butt, who seems to be on a crusade to eradicate
player power from Pakistan cricket is adamant on standing in the way of any player who dares to challenge the authority of the cricket management in the country.
After the spot-fixing debacle, that claimed the career of three main-stream players http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket and the country would see some calm in the game which
is nurtured and cherished by almost everyone living in that part of the world.
However, the recent predicament has once again exhibited the lack of professionalism that still prevails in Pakistan cricket. Players, from almost all sports all over the world are known for bending rules to their likings, however, it is the governing authorities
that make sure that no one crosses the limits and if problems arise, the management is usually equipped to handle the situation.
Unfortunately, the PCB management seems to lack in the art of handling its untamed players and instead of fixing things, it usually is guilty of adding fuel to the situation every time something bad happens.
This is exactly what happened this time when, Afridi ended up having differences with the team management during the tour of the Caribbean over team selection issues. After returning home, the player due to his frustration, blasted the management in front
of the media, however, he never named anyone.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 then took it upon himself to smack the hard-hitting batsman with a show-cause notice over his unwarranted statements in public. The situation became messy, when on hearing just one side of the story from the team management, Butt, decided to replace
Afridi with Test skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972. The decision irked the all-rounder as it was a clear indication that the board wanted to kick him out with disregard to his services for the country.
However, the board while trying to tackle the situation calmly insisted that there was no objection on the inclusion of the 31-year old Afridi in the national team only as a player. However, for a former captain this was an obvious insult as he later excused
from touring with the team to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 for a one-day series.
After which, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket. This should have been the end of the whole debacle but instead the PCB wanted to go for round two and this time revoked the No Objection Certificate (NOC) which was required by the
former skipper to play domestic cricket on foreign land. Having being already signed by Hampshire, Afridi desperately needed the NOC which ignited another controversy.
However, this time unlike before, Afridi took the PCB to court to get his NOC back so that he could play for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 this year and later take part in the now “cancelled” Sri Lankan Premier League.
While, the matter was then resolved owed to the political intervention but it has dented Pakistan cricket and pushed the sport in the country to oblivion as uncertainty persists regarding the future strategies of the PCB.
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